Michael Laxer
Soviet Minsk, 1968: 45 color photos
Published in 1968, this tourist photo book had 44 attached full color photos as well as a panoramic one that was its inside cover. Minsk...
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Michael Laxer
- Sep 17
- 3 min
Bryansk liberated by Red Army, Sept. 17 1943
Monument of Glory to the Soldiers and Partisans - Liberators of Bryansk, USSR 1973 On September 17, 1943 the forces of the Red Army...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Anniversary of the start of the 1942 Luxembourg General Strike against the Nazis
August 31, 1942 marked the beginning of the incredibly courageous Luxembourg General Strike against the Nazi occupiers. In August, 1942...
Michael Laxer
- Aug 3
- 5 min
Remember the Victims of War on Hiroshima Day 2022
Rafe Saltman, a founding member of the Vancouver Island-based Freedom From War Coalition, reflects on the terrible human costs of...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Minsk liberated, July 4, 1944
Red Army troops in central Minsk after the liberation of the city, July 4, 1944 In early July, 1944 Red Army forces were driving forward...
Michael Laxer
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #746
Demobilized Red Army soldiers arrive home at the Byelorussia Railroad Station, Moscow after the victory over the Nazis in the Great...
Michael Laxer
- Jun 29
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #744
To the Eternal Memory of Those Soviet People Who Gave Their Lives in the Struggle Against Fascism, dedication page of a history of the...
Michael Laxer
- May 9
- 7 min
The terrible price of victory: A brief look at the sacrifices of the USSR in WWII
Today on May 9 -- Victory Day in the former USSR as it was on this day in 1945 that the Soviets formally accepted the German surrender --...
Michael Laxer
- Feb 2
- 17 min
Stalingrad Year One: A look at the battle and rebuilding from the first anniversary of victory
The two remarkable documents republished here are from the first anniversary of the February 2, 1943 victory. A street in Stalingrad just...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #635
Tanks produced in Leningrad factories drive straight to the front down the Nevsky Prospekt to try to break the siege, January 1943 --...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 28
- 2 min
Roza Shanina, Soviet sniper, killed in action January 28, 1945
Roza Shanina, born 3 April 1924, grew up in a large working class family in a small town outside of Arkhangelsk. Her parents had named...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 27
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #634
A woman embraces a soldier with joy on the day the Siege of Leningrad was lifted, January 27, 1944 -- Daily LIFT #634 On January 27, 1944...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 23, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #608
1941, painting Viktor Ni (1934-1979), USSR 1969 -- Daily LIFT #608 Haunting artistic evocation of the start of the Great Patriotic War in...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 5, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #594
Soviet soldiers man an air defense gun in Moscow during the Battle of Moscow. In the background can be seen the famous socialist realist...
Michael Laxer
- Dec 5, 2021
- 5 min
Red Army stops the Nazis at the gates of Moscow, Dec. 5 1941
On December 5, 1941 the Red Army launched a counter-offensive against the Nazi invaders at the very gates of Moscow. This was totally...
Michael Laxer
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #586
French Resistance fighter with her rifle and rounds in Rouen during the liberation, 1944 -- Daily LIFT #586 Rouen was finally liberated...
Michael Laxer
- Jun 22, 2021
- 1 min
Daily LIFT #483
Soviet partisans after the liberation of the Crimea from the Nazis, May 1944 -- Daily LIFT #483
Michael Laxer
- Jun 22, 2021
- 15 min
The heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, June 22 1941
An Soviet account of the incredible bravery of the Red Army garrison in the opening days of the Nazi invasion. The Courage Monument in...
Michael Laxer
- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
Happy Victory Day
Happy Victory Day! May 9th, 1945 was Victory Day in the USSR when the Soviets officially accepted the surrender of Germany after years of...
Michael Laxer
- Apr 1, 2021
- 4 min
15 panoramic views of Soviet Novorossiysk, port and Hero City
With two bonus views. Text translated from the Russian. The city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea was a prominent and storied port in...